025 - Chapin Building
681 Cherry Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
Chapin Building
Constructed in 1910 as Georgia Tech’s first on-campus infirmary, the Joseph Brown Whitehead Memorial Hospital was made possible by generous donor, Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans. The hospital was later relocated and the Neoclassical building was altered to meet the changing needs of the school throughout the 20th century. In 1987, the building was renamed in memory of Lloyd W. Chapin, Georgia Tech's former registrar and dean of faculties. Its recent rehabilitation returned the historic room configurations, restored the plaster walls and ceilings to near-original heights, restored unique attic ‘ventilators’ and removed non-historic elements. The entire building was sensitively upgraded, achieving LEED Gold sustainability status, and rehabilitated according to the Campus Historic Preservation Plan.